can't wait
(Redirected from not be able to wait)
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Verb
editcan't wait (third-person singular simple present can't wait, no present participle, simple past couldn't wait, no past participle)
- (idiomatic) To eagerly anticipate; to find it hard to wait for a forthcoming pleasurable event.
- I can't wait for that party on Friday.
- To need to be attended to right away.
- I'm afraid this can't wait; it has to be done by Thursday.
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editto eagerly anticipate — see also look forward to
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